Frequently Asked Questions

On this page you can find some of the most frequently asked questions about pluck, and the answers to that questions.

Pluck told me "update check failed". Why is this, and how can I check for updates? Pluck uses the CURL-library from PHP to check for updates from the pluck server. This CURL-library therefore needs to be present on the server you are running pluck on. Unfortunately, not all servers have this library installed. If your server doesn't have the library, the error "update check failed" will be triggered.

Ok. What can I do about it? Well, you can ask the administrator of your server to install the CURL-library on your server. The other thing you could do is check for updates manually by checking the main website. Or subscribe to the mailing list to stay up-to-date.

When I manually insert some (X)HTML-elements in a page, they are not saved. Why's that? A: This is because of TinyMCE, the word processor-like editor that pluck uses to edit pages. TinyMCE works by default with the Default Ruleset, which deletes some (not much used) items out of the code (like javascripts and iframes). You can solve most of the problems by using the XHTML Compatibility Mode. In pluck 4.5 or newer, you can enable it in //options => general settings//.

I'm using Hebrew language, but my website shows up weird. What's going on? A: Pluck uses a little script to convert all normal themes to rtl (right-to-left) themes. This script is very clever and will convert 99% of the themes successfully. However, sometimes themes are just not build for rtl-support, and despite the successful conversion, they will not show up the way they should. If you think you can fix the error yourself, you can take a look in the themedirectory (data/themes/themename), where you can find the rtl CSS-file (it's named //style-rtl.css//).

My site contains a link: "powered by pluck". How can I buy a license to remove this link? A: A license? Not needed! Pluck, licensed under the GPL, is completely //open source//! This means that anyone may make whatever changes to the source code, and afterwards may also redistribute it, all for free. Commercial redistribution is also allowed. The GPL however clearly states that copyright notices may not be removed. So the link at the bottom of your administration center must stay intact. We'd like to have some credit for our work.\ If you remove the "powered by" link, we'd appreciate it very much if you would http://www.pluck-cms.org/index.php?file=kop8.php. Pluck is free for everyone, but not for us: think of the monthly bandwidth-costs we have to pay, for example. Thanks in advance!